Microwave treatment of crude oil emulsions: Effects of water content

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 115, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-30

  Evdokimov, Igor N ^a   Losev, Aleksandr P ^a  

^a GUBKIN RUSSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF OIL AND GAS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Droplet clusters; Emulsion gel; Microwave heating; Percolation; Water cut; Water in crude oil emulsion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894452241     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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